Author will share stories of women

Author Cynthia Jacobs Carter will share her stories of women at the Weld County Women’s Fund on Wednesday as part of the group’s series highlighting top community issues.

Carter is the president and CEO of the Africana Women’s Nexxus Institute and was the former director of development for the Howard University College of Medicine and American Council for Voluntary International Action. She will speak about her book, “Africana woman: Her story through time.”

“I will be pulling stories of women with strong traditions in ways that would be pertinent to women today,” Carter said in a phone interview.

The different examples from her book, which took 10 years to complete, will be a mixture of stories from the past, and the more modern, as well as from the famous and the unknown.

“They all show a certain amount of triumph, some from great odds,” Carter said. “Some are famous, and others are like you and me, but it is important to tell those stories, as well.”

Carter said that the goal of this story was to show women that being philanthropic is part of their history.

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“I want them to take away an understanding of how deep the spirit of philanthropy of women is,” she said. “So by pulling examples out of the book, maybe we can get ideas on what we can do here and now.”

Carter said she hopes to influence the next generation, as well.

“You cannot be too young to start knowing about philanthropy, the part of the mission of women giving back to women,” she said. “As we look around through the culture, we see how women are depicted in some movies and in some areas, and I wanted to show the positive impact of women.”

And Carter stays true to this, since she will give the proceeds from the day’s book sales to the Women’s Fund.

“All the profits I’m doing as a fundraiser because I believe helping out in the community is a way to strengthen community, and really take ownership of that community,” Carter said.